M56

M56 or M-56 may refer to:

Roads

• M56 motorway, north-west England
• M56 Lena highway (Russia), Russia
• M56 Kolyma Highway, Russia
• M56 (Cape Town), South Africa
• M56 (Johannesburg), South Africa
• M-56 (1919–1957 Michigan highway), a defunct American road around Monroe
• M-56 (1971–1987 Michigan highway), another defunct road around Flint

Guns

• M56 Howitzer, a Yugoslav copy of the M101A1 howitzer
• M56 Scorpion, an unarmoured American self-propelled anti-tank gun
• M56 Smart Gun, a fictional weapon used in Aliens (film) and related media
• Zastava M56 submachine gun, a Yugoslavian submachine gun

Other

• Messier 56, a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra
• M56 Coyote, Humvee smoke generator
• BMW M56, a straight-6 automobile engine
• The core of the ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 graphics processing unit
• M-56 steel helmet, designed in East Germany in 1956
• Infiniti M56, a Japanese luxury car
• A shortened designation for American M-1956 load-carrying equipment